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Hosted by James O'Loghlin, The New Inventors tonight will prove that Aussie inventors love sport as much as the rest of us, with three brand new inventions designed to help us along the path to glory in some of Australia's most popular sports. Inventions featured on the program: SWEET V - by inventor Cameron Tradell from QLDCricket is a national obsession, but the game is changing. Shorter forms of the game such as One Day and 20/20 cricket are becoming increasingly popular. Young people are growing up with a different attitude to the game, with the focus increasingly on scoring as many runs as quickly as possible. In the meantime, vital batting skills are being lost. And if we can't play cricket anymore, how will we prove to the English that we're better than them?There is a 'sweet spot' on every cricket bat. Sweet V encourages young cricketers to learn how to hit the spot every time. The invention is a cricket bat where the sweet spot has been removed, and replaced with tennis strings. This allows the batter to focus on hitting the right way every time, developing professional skills in the process.STRIKERWALL - by inventor Peter Domjen from NSWWhen it comes to the World Game, the stakes can be high. Every player wants to be faster and more accurate. But how do players acquire the skills great enough to inspire soccer riots the world over?The Strikerwall is a fun training tool that can help young players roll like Ronaldo and bend it like Beckham. When you kick the ball onto the target it bounces back to you in a controlled way. By placing a special ramp in front of the device, you can also send the ball bouncing back at a heightened angle. The invention has a counter for measuring the number of times the ball hits the target, and another for measuring the time between hits.CASTMASTER - by inventor Michael Newton from VICAustralia is a country surrounded by water, so over the years fishing has become an extremely popular sport in Australia. But to fish from the beach can be really tricky. You generally need to be able to cast at least 70m to get past the breakers to where the fish are biting, which is often beyond the reach of newcomers and young people.The Castmaster can improve even the most inexperienced angler's casting distance by more than 40 metres. The invention is mounted onto a fishing rod, and is designed to release the line at the best possible moment. This leaves the caster free to keep both of their hands on the rod and use all of their strength and concentration to cast as far as possible. The invention could even save lives, allowing rock fishermen to cast further back from the edge of the rocks, where the risk of being swept out to sea is extremely real |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2010-06-16 at 20:00:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Cricket bats.
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Fishing rods.
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Inventions.
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Soccer -- Training.
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Technological innovations.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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Domjen, Peter, contributor
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Hobbs, Bernie, contributor
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Moody, James Bradfield, contributor
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Newton, Michael, contributor
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O'loghlin, James, host
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Perry, Ellyse, contributor
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Tradell, Cameron, contributor
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